Official promotional art[]
Artworks by Senri Kita.
Key art. Up (from left to right): Yumeji, Gaoh, Sankuro. Down: Mina, Yoshitora, Yunfei, and Kusaregedo.
Up: Haohmaru, Nakoruru, and Rera. Down: Yumeji, Mina, and Yoshitora.
Yoshitora vs Haohmaru.
Characters[]
All character designs and colour by Takkun, except when noticed.
Basara Kubikiri
Charlotte
Enja
Gaira Caffeine
Galford
Genjuro
Hanzo
Haohmaru
Jubei
Kazuki
Kusaregedo. Original design by Yasuhiro Nightow.
Kyoshiro
Liu Yunfei. Original design by Nobuhiro Watsuki.
Mina
Nakoruru and Mamahaha
Rasetsumaru
Rera and Shikuru
Rimururu
Shizumaru
Sogetsu
Suija
Tam Tam
Ukyo
Yoshitora
Sankuro
Yumeji
Gaoh. Original design by Nobuhiro Watsuki.
Sprites animations[]
The next only includes brand-new characters, pets, and characters whose sprite animations were modified. The rest of the characters retain the same animations from Samurai Shodown IV and/or III.
Chample
Shikuru
Gaoh, before the battle
Gaoh, Ankiou form
Victory screens[]
Poppy, Galford's pet. Hidden boss
Backgrounds[]
Some stages are exactly equal to certain ones featured in Samurai Shodown III or IV, while others have minimal changes.
Akoh
Akoh, climax
Asamayama
Asamayama, 2nd form
Asamayama, climax
Dewasanzan
Dewasanzan, climax
Edo
Edo, climax
Ezo, afternoon
Ezo, day
Ezo, morning
Ezo, climax
Hida
Hida, climax
Izumo, night
Izumo, night (climax)
Izumo, afternoon
Izumo, afternoon (climax)
Nagasaki, day
Nagasaki (Charlotte climax)
Nagasaki, night
Nagasaki (Tam Tam climax)
Ryukyu-ogoku
Ryukyu-ogoku, climax
Sado
Sado, climax
Shin
Shin, climax
Sunpu
Sunpu, climax
Tosa, noon
Tosa, afternoon
Tosa, climax
Towada, spring
Towada, spring (climax)
Towada, autumn
Towada, autumn (climax)
Yamashiro
Yamashiro, climax
Yoshino, day
Yoshino, midnight
Yoshino, climax
The Great Battlefield (Yumeji's stage)
The Great Battlefield (Yumeji's stage climax)
The Great Battlefield
The Great Battlefield, 2nd form
Soundtracks[]
At the time SNK was unable to release the proper soundtrack albums for Samurai Shodown V. Three yeas later the Original (arcade) and Arrange (home consumer) soundtracks were released in bundle with the music of Samurai Shodown VI.
Box sleeve back
CD case back
Original Soundtrack (and SamSho 6 voice collection)
Arrange Soundtrack
Console ports[]
NA Xbox cover art
NA Xbox back cover
NA Xbox Game Disc
EU PS2 cover art
EU PS2 back cover
EU PS2 CD
JP PS2 cover art
JP PS2 cover art
JP PS2 DVD